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Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:38:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
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> > > Wrong. I'm protecting the constitution from you.
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> Your constitution is 100's of years old. Perhaps it needs to be updated.
> Perhaps it needs a few more amendments
I'd welcome a straightforward proposal of amendments and an honest debate.
What gets up my nose is the chinese water torture we've seen lately in which
the constitution has been suborned one step at a time by "activist" judges.
I support strict construction and open change processes.
Amend the constitution? Great. Ignore it, interpret it in direct conflict
with what the founders intended(1)? Nope, not going to support that.
1 - to pick just one example... the interstate commerce clause, introduced
to ensure that states did not impose tariffs on each others goods by
reserving the right to do so to Congress, has been used to justify
regulating anything for any conceivable reason. Not the intent.
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| (...) This is another example in which it's useful to recall the context of the 18th century vs. the context of today. "Interstate" and "commerce" had strikingly different meanings back then, I suspect, or at least strikingly different applications. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Your constitution is 100's of years old. Perhaps it needs to be updated. Perhaps it needs a few more amendments (...) Perhaps you should not view it in those terms. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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